Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 325 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark green
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
25. 25.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark red (d) light green
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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